Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Season 1, Vol. 1

THIS SERIES HAS BEEN AND ALWAYS WILL BE MY FAVORITE SHOW. IN 1978 I GOT MY 1ST VCR AND DREAMED OF TAPING VOYAGE AND/OR EVEN BUYING THE SHOW ON TAPE. THROUGH THE YEARS WHILE IN THE SERVICE I TAPED THE SHOW FROM DIFFRENT STATION FROM CHICAGOS WGN AND THEN WPWR NEW YORKS WOR AND A FEW OTHERS SO I HAD 3 OR 4 COPIES OF EACH ESP. AND WHEN I GOT INTO SUPER VHS I RETAPED ALL THE SHOW TO COMPLEATION WHITH COLOR INTRO TO STATION BREAKS TO THE STARS AND THE END SAYING STAYED TUNED FOR SCENES FROM NEXT WEEKS SHOW WITH THE PREVIEWS. SO YOU CAN SEE I CARED FOR THIS SERIES ALOT. ON THE DVD RELEASE THE EXTRAS ARE BARE, VERY BARE WERE ARE ALL THE B/W PROMOS THAT WERE RAN FOR THE 1ST SEASON I AM HOPING THEY WILL SHOW UP ON VOLUME 2. AS FAR AS I KNOW I HAVE 3 B/W PROMOS ABOUT COMING ABOARD THE SEAVIEW EACH WEEK. AT LEAST THE TIME TUNNEL VOL.1 HAD ABC"S PROMOS. STILL THE DVD SET HAS WONDERFUL PICTURE AND SOUND FROM WHAT I HAVE BEEN READING I MUST HAVE GOTTEN LUCKY OR MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE I PLAY MINE FROM A DVD RECORDER. I JUST HOPE THAT THE REST OF THE RELEASE'S ARE DONE BY SOMEONE WHO TRUELY LOVED THE SHOW, I THOUGHT THAT BOB BURNS WAS INVOLVED WITH THE RELEASE BUT FOR THE POOR EXTRAS I CAN'T REALLY SEE HIM BEING INVOLVED. THESE ARE SMALL GRIPES FROM A FAN BUT AS I STATED I HAVE LOVED THIS SHOW FOR 41 YEARS AND JUST WANT TO SEE IT TREATED WITH THE RESPECT THAT RICHARD BASEHART AND IRWIN ALLEN AND DAVID HEADSION DESERVE, LETS SEE ALL THERE WORK FOR THIS SERIES AND NOT JUST SOME OF IT, ALSO TALK TO THE CAST THAT ARE STILL AROUND AND LETS NOT USE THE INTERVIEWS FROM "THE FANTASY WORLDS OF IRWIN ALLEN" LETS UPDATE PEOPLE ON THE CAST. I"LL STOP HERE AND HOPE FOR SOME BETTER RELEASES BUT NO MATTER WHAT I'LL BE IN LINE FOR ALL 110 ESPS.OH AND JUST ONE MORE THING DO YOU THINK WE COULD GET SOME KIND OF COLLECTORS ED. OF THE FILM " VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA" JUST A THOUGHT.

A simple but well done series.

I recommend all of the first season episodes. Very intense drama, gritty pulse-pounding edge-of-your-seat stuff. Excellent. ( except for the episode with the Dinosaurs )... Also, since the series had access to a lot of props and effects used in big-screen movies, the series has great realistic sets and special effects. And when I say the episodes are "gritty" I mean it. For example, in one of the early episodes called the Mist of Silence the Captain of the SeaView and three crew memebers are taken hostage during a military coup in a latin-american country. For the Captian's refusal to confess publically to a false charge of espionage, one of his crew is taken out and executed in front of him. Sadly, the series scripts go downhill VERY quickly starting with the end episodes of season one. It went from a series that started out with a serious theme and excellent scripting in season one, down to a very quirky , almost silly adventure in ridiculous situations starting at the end of season one and moving into season two.., and got worse as it progressed through additional seasons, from finding themselves in a whale's mouth, to confronting ghosts and werewolves..., mummies..., totally wrong-headed for this sort of genre, it seems like after season one the series producer was just throwing anything he could at the audience hoping to keep them interested. I don't know why it went off the tracks like that but production turned a great series into a joke, sort of like what happened with the Lost In Space series, another Irwin Allen production. Stick with season one and you'll be very pleased. I would pass up the other seasons of this series.- Mike S.

They do not tell you on the label that you are getting more black and white beginning versions then color. The whole box is showing nothing but colorful episodes. Well, sorry that is not so. Otherwise its more of national entrege than I thought too, but some of them are fun.

Like its sister show, Irwin Allen's other creation "Lost in Space," "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" had a more gripping and dramatic first season. The black and white photography added just the right "color" to many of the episodes of that season, steeped in Cold War espionage and laced with elements of the burgeoning space program and other scientific developments.This compilation of the first half of season one boasts some of the series best episodes. Some of these include the pilot, "Eleven Days to Zero," an installment that relied heavily on scenes from the theatrical "Voyage," "The Fear Makers," "The Sky is Falling," featuring star Richard Basehart in a dual role, "No Way Out," and "The Ghost of Moby Dick," guest starring June Lockhart who would later star in Allen's "Lost in Space."Another outstanding installment is "Submarine Sunk Here." This extremely tense episode, directed by Leonard Horn, deals with the dangers of submarine exploration as the Seaview sinks to the bottom of the sea after running into and detonating several underwater mines. The camera angles and the set pieces add tension to the drama as the men struggle to survive while onshore help is being organization. Not only do the main characters have significant screen time, this particular episode allows lesser performers a chance to shine. Kudos must go to Basehart, Hedison, Bob Dowdell ("Chip"), Henry Sulky ("Chief"), Del Monroe ("Kowalski"), Paul Trinka ("Patterson"), Wright King ("Dr.Baines"), and Derrick Lewis in the often-seen-but-not-heard role as "Junior Lt. O'Brien." Guest performers that excel in their respective roles are Carl Reindel ("Evans"), George Lindsey ("Collins"), Paul Comi ("Bishop"), Eddie Ryder as "Harker," and Robert Doyle as "Blake," the young sailor somewhat responsible for the precarious situation in which the sub finds itself, yet makes the ultimate sacrifice to save both ship and crew. All in the cast convey the right combination of fear and despair as they struggle to survive what appears to be a doomed situation.In addition to this fine installment, the rest of the episodes feature some of the decades most recognizable "heroes" and "villains". Genre stalwarts Robert Cornwaithe and Les Tremayne are featured in "Turn Back the Clock" while perenniel "heavies" Malachi Throne, Joseph Ruskin, Oscar Beregi, John van Dreelen, John Hoyt, Than Wyenn, and Michael Pate appear in several others.The future "Batgirl," Yvonne Craig, along with the future "Archie Bunker," Carroll O'Connor, pop up in the ongoing seafaring travels of the Seaview, the aforementioned "Turn Back the Clock," and "Long Live the King," respectively.Veteran character actor Ford Rainey makes one of his frequent appearances as "The President of the United States" in an Allen production in "Hot Line."And "The Bold and the Beautiful's" Susan Flannery makes her first appearance in an Allen production in "Hail to the Chief." She will be featured in another VTTBOTS episode, as well as "The Time Tunnel" and Allen's theatrical feature "The Towering Inferno."One thing that can be observed when watching the episodes back-to-back is how frequent Allen "borrowed" from each installment, recycling previous footage or clips from other productions. "The Sky is Falling" features an opening lifted straight from the 50's classic "The Day the Earth Stood Still" while "The Village of Guilt" lifts a cut from "It Came from Beneath the Sea."And the only episode that ranks as a "turkey" is the only one directed by Allen himself: "Turn Back the Clock". This one is built solely around clips from the producer's own "The Lost World" (1960) and features a horrible performance from guest Nick Adams.That withstanding, this compilation is a good introduction to the longest running of Irwin Allen's shows, one that was the forerunner for the 1990's "SeaQuest DSV".

テレビ放送された時、見ていて面白かったので(宇宙人、怪獣、ロボット、幽霊など色々出てきます)再視聴したくて購入しました。製品の画像がきれいになっていて満足しています。実際の海の深い場所は暗くて水面のユラユラなどできないと思いますが、あえてプールの壁にも波紋を作ったりしていて、そういう製作者の美意識のようなものも好きです。

pas encore reçu ce coffret, mais en voyant que la première saison de cette série tv des années 60 est aussi en français, je suis très heureux d'avoir acheté ce produit surtout que c'est le coffret qui me manquais dans cette collection et introuvable en magasin.

Season 1 kommt in S/W daher (1964). Das hat einen gewissen Charme und erinnert an die Agentenserie "The Avengers" ( John Steed und Emma Peel).Ich find's einfach GEIL. Die Qualität ist top. Aber Regionalcode beachten.

Saw the cinema feature film with Walter Pigeon and liked the concept. This television series was equally as entertaining and never missed each weekly episode

Superbe DVD, dommage que sur la pochette il ne soit pas précisé que c'est du noir et blanc ( ce qui rend les DVD plus "authentiques"). De plus lors de l'achat je mettais assuré que la version audio française était existante, ce qui n'est pas du tout le cas puisque seul l'anglais et l'espagnol y figurent.A modifier donc sur la fiche produit.